Sydney Sekeramayi
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The Hon. Dr. Sydney Serkeramayi MP |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 2001 – 13 February 2009 |
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| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Moven Mahachi |
| Succeeded by | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 March 1944 |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Political party | Zanu-PF |
Sydney Tigere Sekeramayi (born 30 March 1944) is a Zimbabwean politician who has served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Defence since 2013. He has been a minister in the Cabinet since independence in 1980, serving as Minister of Defence from 2001 to 2009 and Minister of State Security from 2009 to 2013.
During the Rhodesian Bush War, Sekeramayi was the Zimbabwe African National Union's representative in Sweden. After the war he served as the Minister of National Security, Deputy Secretary of Health Minister for National Security, and Minister for Transport and Welfare.
In Rhodesia his school expelled him. He moved to Czechoslovakia to study on an NDP scholarship with help from Rupiah Banda, the International Secretary of the Zambia Students Union. Banda established contact between Sekeramayi and the NIB. In June 1964 he moved from Czechoslovakia to Lund, Sweden, on an NIB scholarship. He studied genetics at the University of Lund, became ZANU's representative in Sweden, and then attended medical school. In Lund he studied with Alexander Chikwanda of the United National Independence Party of Zambia.
In 1969 Sekeramayi requested assistance from SIDA in his function as Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Students' Union in Europe. He coordinated Herbert Chitepo and Richard Grove's visits to Sweden.
In 1976 he moved to Mozambique.
In the 1980s he participated in the Gukurahundi massacres.
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